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Just to clear the air here, the original question was about quote.com.  Most
people seem to be giving opinions about PCquote, which is a different
company.  Are we all talking about the same thing?

Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: Harley Meyer <meyer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: Quote.com


>Ray,
>
>I too have been using PCQuote. Their service is improving all the time. It
is
>good to hear others are also satisfied with PCQuote. And for $75 / month I
can't
>go wrong. So far so good.
>
>Harley
>
>Gary Kramer wrote:
>
>> I have been using PCQUOTE and am having no problems at all!  Speed and
>> reliability are excellent
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bernice Aebly <dshin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 10:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: Quote.com
>>
>> >Hi Ray:
>> >
>> >I have use Signal/BMI  and last year PC Quote. Running PC Quote side by
>> >side BMI showed BMI up to 1 1/2 minutes slower.  Also I find that with
PC
>> >Quote they do the data storing and if you shut down for what every
reason
>> >you get the missing data up reloading your charting program.  The
charting
>> >program is much easier to correct bad data with is a very rare
occurance.
>> >The program is based on Trownsend Realteck III which is a capable
charting
>> >program. Cannot remember when the last bad data was received.  Also cost
is
>> >much lower than Signal or BMI and tech service is excellent compared to
my
>> >inability to get a replay from BMI
>> >
>> >Doug
>> >
>> >----------
>> >> From: RAY RAFFURTY <rraff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Subject: Re: Quote.com
>> >> Date: Friday, September 04, 1998 7:32 PM
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Colin Johnston <colinjhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 2:24 PM
>> >> Subject: Quote.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >Gang -- the people at Trading Techniques, developer of Advanced GET,
>> >> >indicate that "quote.com" is an acceptable data source for Advanced
GET
>> >> >RealTime.  Are there quote.com users in RT, and what's your take on
the
>> >> >service?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>         Hi Colin,
>> >>
>> >>         My experience with quote.com and several similar Internet
quote
>> >> services is that it is OK for checking prices or watching minuet by
>> >minuet
>> >> moves.  When it comes to any type of charting it is a different story.
>> >If
>> >> you loose your Internet connection even for a few minuets your charts
>> >become
>> >> useless.  Also, I seem to recall a lot of bad ticks in the data.  In
>> >spite
>> >> of their claim that bad or missing data was "easy" to correct, I found
>> >this
>> >> to be not true, and the time required could be critical to your trade.
>> >> Until they develop a way for the software to back check and self
correct
>> >> date this will continue to be a problem.
>> >>
>> >>                                         Good luck and good trading,
>> >>                                                     Ray Raffurty
>> >>
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